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20/04/2016
Music in Israel
Article written by Michèle Tauber, teacher of modern Hebrew, modern and contemporary literature in University Paris Sorbonne Nouvelle …
20/04/2016
Casse-tête yiddish & Inconscient !
The IEMJ recently received two CDs from the band Bekar: Casse-tête yiddish and Inconscient ! Bekar describes itself as performing "pop songs with Yiddish accents." …
13/04/2016
The musical traditions of the Jews from Alsace-Lorraine region
Listen to a selection of tunes performed by great cantors representative of the Jewish tradition of Alsace-Lorraine region (Joseph Borin, Michel Heymann, Adolphe Attia, André Stora, Albert Kirch, René Jasner…) …
13/04/2016
Chants et Emotions
The songs from the Jewish liturgy, Hebrew songs, in live and recorded in studio, by the Polyphonies Hébraïques of Strasbourg and the Ensemble Vocal Hébraïca, gathered in a great two CD box set ! …
07/04/2016
Healing music
MUSIQUES JUIVES D’HIER ET D’AUJOURD’HUI - APRIL 12, 2016, JUDAÏQUES FM (94.8), 21H05.
Traditional accounts, both in the Jewish world and in other civilizations, suggest that musical sound acts on the human unconscious, causing various effects such as healing of the soul and body. One of the most ancient testimonies of the healing power of music is found in the first book of Samuel, chapter XVI, where the young David relieves, with the help of his kinnor, the melancholy of King Saul …
05/04/2016
Songs of Moroccan Jews 1st part
Judeo-Moroccan music comes from the fusion of Moroccan and Andalusian cultures With the expansion of recording methods and of vinyl records, the music from Moroccan Jews has gone worldwide and …
05/04/2016
Six CD boxsets from the Jewish Research Music Centre of Jerusalem
The IEMJ recently received 6 boxed sets of CDs from the “Contemporary Jewish Music” and “Anthology of Musical Traditions in Israel” series, published by JMRC …
30/03/2016
Music from Yiddish theaters and cabarets, 1st part
An overview of the many cultural and musical Yiddish activities in Paris from the beginning of the 19th century …